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[B123]

Yes sir, mine are awesome in every way, but if you haven't had him in your hands for a couple months they are fast to change their attitude. I'm not as fast to catch them as I use to be. Lol

From the pics you have shared, they are impressive fowl!

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Ok does anyone have pictures of Brunner roundehead with Cornish and should I use dark or light and what is thedifference

I am not sure what you are asking for...

I personally would cross Naked Necks with Cornish or Brahma for breeding a line of meat birds from crossing for sizing up, might toss in a little RIR as they are good sized birds, solid legs, and good layers, option #2 I would go with is to just focus on Cornish, I like the Cornish, had a Cornish rooster once, most hatchery Cornish are leggier birds than show ones and mine had solid long legs high station. NN have 20% less feathers but are surprisingly cold hardy and thus make plucking easier.

Here are some cross & pure bred examples: Not my birds...
Stag: Note the breast on this mix (I am not sure what is in him other than 1 part Cornish)



Orphanton X Brahma Pullet:


Light Brahma Cockerel not a cross:

Barred Rock Brahma Cross:

Cornish:


Bellow is an article on raising CornishX



https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/raising-cornish-x-for-meat-the-truth

Some final thought: when I was a kid my great grandparents would order 100 Leghorn SR, they would occasionally replace the laying flock rooster from these chicks by picking out the meanest craziest stag, and choose a few pullets to add to the flock of laying hens, while rotating out older hens (stew pot)... all other birds where eaten, tasted good to me and they had meat.

Meat Color: Silkies are Black Meat Birds and a delicacy in Asian Foods also medicine. Asian Silkies come in more sizes than the bantam seen here in the USA. Most westerners are freaked out about eating black chicken flesh even if it tastes yummy. Also if anyone decided to breed big silkies for meat you have a niche market in an Asian heavy community. Do you want White Skinned or Yellow skinned carcasses? Dorking Flesh which is white is suppose to be divine yummy and have a really wonderful texture. Some ornamental Standard versions of breeds with white skin where meat breeds once and favored for their texture and flavor, eggs often prized for flavor as well, Sultans & Polish are an example of that... in fact there is a Japanese meat breed with creeper legs and polish crest (they added polish into the breed to save it) that has the white skin and is a delicacy (it is a standard size bird in Japan, it's eggs are tastier too).

What I am getting at is if you are going to be breeding meat birds you may want to not worry so much about what breeds you have currently but what breeds will achieve your goals, size, taste, looks, texture, and growth rate.

I hope this helps.

 

[B123]

Very aggressive, hatch style performance. Other than getting bit on the arm you should always catch them the first time you try or they'll show you why. I like the Bates hatch a lot.

Flypen, I just thought of something that may make them just a little better... do they come in blue?

 

[JShubin]

2016 oldest

 

[elevatedruby]

see i was thinking about brahma but if they are a slow grower too wont it just make it grow larger quicker just like when they mixed cornish x rock?

 

[flypen]

From the pics you have shared, they are impressive fowl!

Back when the laws were different, I've seen times where 2 birds went together and one was down very fast, then the other one wouldn't finish or peck at the down bird to break count or to gain the count resulting in a draw or loss for both. Battlefowl, (crossed between 2 or 3 families) no matter how good they are able to perform have to be finishers too. That makes some aggressiveness is a most. This is also another trait of gameness.

 

[elevatedruby]

does anyone have a picture of a Brunnerxgreen hatch

 

[B123]

Back when the laws were different, I've seen times where 2 birds went together and one was down very fast, then the other one wouldn't finish or peck at the down bird to break count or to gain the count resulting in a draw or loss for both. Battlefowl, (crossed between 2 or 3 families) no matter how good they are able to perform have to be finishers too. That makes some aggressiveness is a most. This is also another trait of gameness.

It is tough to get it all and seems like a fine line to walk and still have manageable fowl.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Share some pictures

They all went in the woods. I will if I can get some. Looks like 4 peahens and 5 young peacocks.

 

[flypen]

does anyone have a picture of a Brunnerxgreen hatch

I don't think anybody but you have the Brunner RH on this page, just you, no one else, just you, nobody! If you want to cross them with a turkey go for it, they're yours.